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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

I have been preparing for Adepticon in March of this year and realized that I have non-standard models which should be approved prior to my heading out there. I have not finalized my list yet, but I figure if I get approval for the different modified bases on my models up front then I will not have to start every game with:"Hello opponent, I run non-standard bases on my models. Even though they are clearly not modeled for advantage, would you like to object and win the game that way or would you like to actually play a game?"Now, typically the answer is "no problem, lets play a game", and to be honest, my opponents have little to fear as I am rarely (if ever) on the top tables. Then again, I may get much better at playing over the next 3 months and it might matter. More importantly, I can reach out to the Adepticon crew and get approval ahead of time, which will make this a non-issue.

As I was already taking pictures, I figured I would post them here. Taking another look at my various models is always a good thing, especially when those who I do not play regularly get to see the comparisons. In addition, I think this might be the first time I am posting a picture of a Grav Tank on the Tank bases.

3 comments:

I hope that your disclaimer wouldn't be quite so... hostile. But yes, there's no doubt that getting pre-approval is a good idea.

Because non-standard base size be abused, I'd just make sure that, if you're ever measuring charge range from a transport, you do it with a normally based model, and that you place your non-standard bases on the outside of your Deep Striking circle.

As for deployment, this is a bit different for vehicles and deep-strike. For Vehicles I have been (trying to) measure for a normal based model first, then seeing where the larger base fits in. I generally try and fit the larger base in behind the line I measure to for the normal based model. I believe this is most fair as I a not getting any extra distance for the larger base.

For deep-strike, I place my larger base model first. This is because it is an actual detriment to me as the distance scattered could drop the larger base model to close to impassable/etc and cause a mishap. There have been several situations where if I DS with a normal base model, I could always fit the larger base in on the opposite side of the model and not cause a mishap.

As for deployment, this is a bit different for vehicles and deep-strike. For Vehicles I have been (trying to) measure for a normal based model first, then seeing where the larger base fits in. I generally try and fit the larger base in behind the line I measure to for the normal based model. I believe this is most fair as I a not getting any extra distance for the larger base.

For deep-strike, I place my larger base model first. This is because it is an actual detriment to me as the distance scattered could drop the larger base model to close to impassable/etc and cause a mishap. There have been several situations where if I DS with a normal base model, I could always fit the larger base in on the opposite side of the model and not cause a mishap.